Six

Grayson turned six yesterday. We kinda made him wait an extra day to celebrate since he was having a party. So officially his birthday was yesterday but we had a fun filled party for him today. We went to see new Alvin and the Chipmunk movie. Each kiddo got their own bag of candy popcorn and drink. They were all so good and I am so surprised that all of the kids were so good. After the movie we had pizza and cake at the park. It was such a fun day! Happy Birthday to my favorite little man, you are such a special part of our family and I can't wait to see what the future holds for you.




This year in the spirit of popping out another bambino I am going to record each kids birth story with their birthday post. I have a couple friends that have done this and I think it is a great idea so I have each of them written down.

When I was pregnant with Grayson I am lucky it was my first and I didn't know that normal pregnancies weren't that bad. From the day I found out I was pregnant I seriously threw up everything I ate from sun up to sun down. I managed to only gain 12 pounds because of my hourly visits to the bathroom. After making my way to about 32 weeks I got put on bed rest because my blood pressure was raising to unhealthy levels. I was on bed rest for 2 weeks before the finally just induced me. Adam and I were so scared and excited to be having out first baby. So after waiting 2 days in the hospital on petocin with a Foley catheter and not dilating at all the doctor decided that maybe my body wasn't quite ready and sent me home on strict bed rest. That was one of the hardest weeks of my life. I was so sad that I thought we were going to have a baby and it didn't happen. About ten day later the doctor decided to try the induction again which I was not excited about. I didn't know whether or not it would work this time and I was trying not to get my hopes up. So roughly 28 hours after getting started I was ready to push. I was prepared to push for like hours with the horror stories I heard from friends but to my surprise 3 pushes and my little man was out. He weighed 5 pounds 11 ounces and was sooo small. When he was born I remember him coming out completely grey and the cord was wrapped around his neck twice, his eyes were wide open the whole time it was kinda creepy he was just staring at Adam. Meanwhile I had an audience. Another thing I didn't know because it was my first was that it is not normal to have 6 medical students in the room watching me deliver. I remember one of them coming to me and saying I made it look so easy and she hopes that her labors would someday go that smooth...weird huh. Holding Grayson for the first time was a feeling I will never forget. I felt so protective and proud of him, I never thought I could love someone as much as I do my kids. I feel so lucky to have been blessed with Graysons amazing spirit.